The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-10-21

while various displays of our fruit
made at Topeka, Lawrence. Kansas
City and other great fairs have taken
premiums within the past two years
aggregating over $500.
TOwNs.-Iola, the county seat and
principal town, is situated within half
mile of the Neosho river, and ut the
crossing of the ST. Louis, Fort
Scott & Wichita and Southern Kan
sas railroads. For further descrip-
ton see other parts of this paper.
Humboldt, the second town in inn
portance is also situated on the NeoshO
river, eight miles south of lola. 1t has
a creamery. furniture factory and
Touring mill, and controls a good local
trade. Moran, a village of about 400
inhabitants, is located about fourteen
miles east of lola. on the st. Louis.
Fort Scott & Wichita road. The Kan
sas City, Parsons & Pacific railroad,
building north from Parsons, has just
reached Moran, and will add somewhat
to its facilities. At convenient points
in the county. several post-oiiices are
located, at each of which one or two
general stores are situated, but they
are not of sufficient Importance to be
described in detail.
Railroads.&c. already stated the
railroad facilities of the county are ex-
cellent The Southern Kansas traver-
SEES the county from north to south.
passing through the towns of lola and
Humboldt. BY this road we have an
outlet over one branch to Kansas City,
Mo-, and over another to Lawrence,
Leavenworth and Topeka. Kansas. 1t
has also been extended recently into
the Indian Territory, where 1t makes
direct connection with road leading
to Galveston, Texas. We are also
given another outlet to the Gulf by the
Neosho division of the Missouri Pacific
road, which crosses the southwest cor
ner of the county in a northwest and
southeast course and fur
nishes direct communication
with Colorado and the mount
aims west as well as with Texas and
the Gulf of Mexico south. This road
forms junction short distance west
of lola with the st. Louis, Fort Scott Il
Wichita railroad, Familiarity, popularity
and appropriately called the "Sun
Flower Route" which passes through
lola, and there forms a junction with
the Southern Kansas railway, by virtue
of which junction at lola, one has an
opportunity of travelling or transferring
stock or goods to or from all points,
either east, west, north or south, at the
lowest rates, because of competition
with rival system of railroads. An
other line that will be of much benefit
to the eastern part of the county is now
building, as above stated, from Parsons
to Kansas City, crossing the Wichita
road at Moran. Besides these, local
road connecting Colony and Neosho
Falls-points on the Southern Kansas
and Missouri Pacific roads-crosscs
Geneva township, in the northwest cor
ner of the county.
PRICE OF LAND.-For several years
the title to about $4,000 acres of land
in this county has been in dispute. and
in consequence has been practically
withdrawn from market. By 4 recent
decision of the United States Supreme
Court, however, this dispute has been
settled and the land can now be bought
with assurance of a perfect title. 1t
comprises some of the best land in the
county and can be had at from $40 to
Sl5 an acre. Considering the develop
ment which Kansas has now reached,
this price is astonishingly low, and those
who want to purchase homes would do
we'll to make contracts without delay.
These lands are bound to double in
value within very few years. Well
improved farms are held at from $40 to
$40 an acre. Descriptive lists of lands
held for sale will be furnished free on
application to any of the real estate
firms whose advertisements appear in
this paper.
POPULATION, SOCIETY, ETC. The
population of the county, as shown by
the census taken last spring, is 14.64S.
The opinion which used to prevail in
some of the older States that all West
ern communities were made up mostly
of uncouth, illiterate, half-civilized
Doors, is now, we believe, pretty thor
oughly dispelled. If any proof to the
contrary were needed, however, con-
corning the people of Allen County, it
could be easily furnished by the fact
that in every school district in the
county there is a neat and commodious
school house, in which school is held
from six to nine months each year.
But we need not go into details. The
population of our county came mainly
from the Northern States, and forms as
intelligent. cultivated and progressive
class of people as can be found any
where.
In GENEHAL.-We have endeayored.
in the foregoing paragraphs, to set
forth in as plain language as possible.
the principal features of our county.
Some of the topics. merely touched
upon here, will be found in greater de-
tail in separate articles published else
where in this paper. In general.